Midway, Princeton, Smithfield-Selma, and Triton competed in the first session, while Cardinal Gibbons, Cleveland, Corinth Holders, and Wake Forest faced each other in the second session.
Triton High School head football coach Ben Penny spoke with HighSchoolOT to preview the 2023 season for the Hawks. Triton is coming off of an 8-6 overall season in which the Hawks made it to the fourth round of the 3A state playoffs.
Western Alamance's Taylor Apple followed back-to-back perfect games with a no-hitter in the third round of the 3A state playoffs as the Warriors defeated Triton 8-0. Apple struck out 13 and hit a home run in the victory on Wednesday May 17, 2023
The Orange Panthers erased a five-run deficit in the bottom of the 10th inning to stun the Triton Hawks in the second round of the 3A NCHSAA baseball playoffs by a 9-8 score.
WJG Sports' Kai Jones covered multiple games in the first round, including Princeton's dominant win over Goldsboro, Triton's upset at C.B. Aycock, and Rosewood's win over Chatham Central in the HSOT Live Postgame Show.